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Every team's oldest EURO appearance-maker and scorer

Who are the oldest players to have played and scored for the EURO 2024 contenders at a EURO finals?

Pepe is Portugal's oldest ever EURO player
Pepe is Portugal's oldest ever EURO player UEFA via Getty Images

Goalkeeper Gábor Király holds the record as the oldest player to have featured in a EURO finals match, appearing for Hungary aged 40 years 86 days against Belgium in 2016.

UEFA.com discovers each EURO 2024 nation's oldest appearance-maker and scorer.

Albania

Oldest player: Ansi Agolli, 33 years 252 days (vs Romania, EURO 2016)
Oldest scorer: Armando Sadiku, 25 years 23 days (vs Romania, EURO 2016)

Austria

Oldest player: Ivica Vastic, 38 years 257 days (vs Poland, EURO 2008)
Oldest scorer: Ivica Vastic, 38 years 257 days (vs Poland, EURO 2008)

Belgium

Austria's Ivica Vastic after scoring against Poland at EURO 2008
Austria's Ivica Vastic after scoring against Poland at EURO 2008Getty Images

Oldest player: Lorenzo Staelens, 36 years 50 days (vs Türkiye, EURO 2000)
Oldest scorer: Julien Cools, 33 years 123 days (vs Spain, EURO '80)

Croatia

Oldest player: Niko Kovač, 36 years 249 days (vs Türkiye, EURO 2008)
Oldest scorer: Luka Modrić, 35 years 286 days (vs Scotland, EURO 2020)

Czechia

Oldest player: Tomáš Rosický, 35 years 257 days (vs Croatia, EURO 2016)
Oldest scorer: Jan Koller, 35 years 77 days (vs Turkey, EURO 2008)

Denmark

Czechia's Tomáš Rosický at EURO 2016
Czechia's Tomáš Rosický at EURO 2016Getty Images

Oldest player: Morten Olsen, 38 years 308 days (vs Italy, EURO '88)
Oldest scorer: Martin Braithwaite, 30 years 21 days (vs Wales, EURO 2020)

England

Oldest player: Peter Shilton, 38 years 271 days (vs Netherlands, EURO '88)
Oldest scorer: Trevor Brooking, 31 years 260 days (vs Spain, EURO '80)

France

Peter Shilton leads England out at EURO '88
Peter Shilton leads England out at EURO '88Bob Thomas Sports Photography vi

Oldest player: Lilian Thuram, 36 years 164 days (vs Netherlands, EURO 2008)
Oldest scorer: Laurent Blanc, 34 years 205 days (vs Denmark, EURO 2000)

Georgia

Oldest player: N/A
Oldest scorer: N/A

Germany

Oldest player: Lothar Matthäus, 39 years 91 days (vs Portugal, EURO 2000)
Oldest scorer: Miroslav Klose, 34 years 13 days (vs Greece, EURO 2012)

Miroslav Klose celebrates his goal against Greece at EURO 2012
Miroslav Klose celebrates his goal against Greece at EURO 2012AFP via Getty Images


Hungary

Oldest player: Gábor Király, 40 years 86 days (vs Belgium, EURO 2016)
Oldest scorer: Zoltán Gera, 37 yeara 61 days (vs Portugal, EURO 2016)

Italy

Oldest player: Gianluigi Buffon, 38 years 156 days (vs Germany, EURO 2016)
Oldest scorer: Christian Panucci, 35 years 62 days (vs Romania, EURO 2008)

Netherlands

Netherlands goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg at EURO 2020
Netherlands goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg at EURO 2020POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Oldest player: Maarten Stekelenburg, aged 38 years 278 days (vs Czechia, EURO 2020)
Oldest scorer: Giovanni van Bronckhorst, 33 years 125 days (vs Italy, EURO 2008)

Poland

Oldest player: Jacek Bąk, 35 years 80 days (vs Austria, EURO 2008)
Oldest scorer: Robert Lewandowski, 32 years 306 days (vs Sweden, EURO 2020)

Portugal

Oldest player: Pepe, 38 years 121 days (vs Belgium, EURO 2020)
Oldest scorer:  Cristiano Ronaldo, 36 years 138 days (vs France, EURO 2020)

Romania

Oldest player: Lucian Sanmartean, 36 years 98 days (vs Albania, EURO 2016)
Oldest scorer: Dorinel Munteanu, 31 years 361 days (vs England, EURO 2000)

Scotland

Oldest player: David Marshall, 36 years 109 days (vs Croatia, EURO 2020)
Oldest scorer: Ally McCoist, aged 33 years 268 days (vs Switzerland, EURO '96)

Serbia

Oldest player: Dragan Stojković, 35 years 114 days (vs Netherlands, EURO 2000)
Oldest scorer: Ljubinko Drulović, 31 years 276 days (vs Slovenia, EURO 2000)

Ljubinko Drulović in action against Slovenia at EURO 2000
Ljubinko Drulović in action against Slovenia at EURO 2000Getty Images


Slovakia

Oldest player: Peter Pekarík, aged 34 years 236 days (vs Spain, EURO 2020)
Oldest scorer (for Czechoslovakia): Ladislav Pavlovič, 34 years 92 days (vs France, EURO '60)
Oldest scorer (for Slovakia): Marek Hamšík, 28 years and 324 days (vs Russia, EURO 2016)

Slovenia

Oldest player: Darko Milanič, 32 years 183 days (vs Spain, EURO 2000)
Oldest scorer: Zlatko Zahovič, 29 years 138 days (vs Spain, EURO 2000)

Spain

Oldest player: Aritz Aduriz, 35 years 137 days (vs Italy, EURO 2016)
Oldest scorer: César Azpilicueta, 31 years 304 days (vs Croatia, EURO 2020)

César Azpilicueta after scoring against Croatia at EURO 2020
César Azpilicueta after scoring against Croatia at EURO 2020POOL/AFP via Getty Images


Switzerland

Oldest player: Pascal Zuberbühler, 37 years 159 days (vs Portugal, EURO 2008)
Oldest scorer: Mario Gavranović, 31 years 216 days (vs France, EURO 2020)

Türkiye

Oldest player: Burak Yılmaz, 35 years 340 days (vs Switzerland, EURO 2020)
Oldest scorer: Burak Yılmaz, 30 years 342 days (vs Czech Republic, EURO 2016)

Ukraine

Oldest player: Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, 37 years 83 days (vs Poland, EURO 2016)
Oldest scorer: Andriy Shevchenko, 35 years 256 days (vs Sweden, EURO 2012)

Andriy Shevchenko after scoring his second and final EURO goal
Andriy Shevchenko after scoring his second and final EURO goalAFP via Getty Images


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